The Brown Girl Chords by Steeleye Span

_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] I'm a [D] brown [Em] brown and _ beard
_ He's [D] our blackest love
[G] Was dressed [D] as a nine [C]-time
[G] Nineteenth _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ [C] Forest Guard
_ [Em]
My [D] love was [Em] high and proud _
A fortune [D] by his side
[G] But a [D] fair maiden
[C] And then [G] _ _ [D] _
[E] he took to [C] me his [D] crown
_ [E] _
_ [F#] _ [G] He said he was blue
_ _ [D] _ Descended from
_ _ [C] He wrote, tell me [G] that it's not
[D] _ _ [Em] Because I was [C] so brown
[G] I said, break his _ _ _ leg
[D] And I got my own town
_ [C] Your love was [G] wasted on a [D] sword
I asked me [Em] because I am so [C] brown
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] I'd walk upon your [C] grave as your man's [E] lady
[G] I'd do as much for you
As [C] any maiden may
[G] I'll make you blue the very day [B] that you were born
I'm a bonnie brown girl
[G] I'd walk upon your grave [C] as your man's lady
[E] I'd [G] do as much for you
[C] As any maiden may
[G] I'll make you blue the very [B] day that you were born
I'm a bonnie brown girl _
_ _ [Em] I'd wear [D] nothing but a [Em] white _ _ robe
Until six months [D] passed _ by
[G] The [D] doctor said he [C] had a [G] broken [D] bone
Without [Em] me he [C] would _ die
[G] I went to hear that song
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Never rocked _ [C] _ so loud
[G] And _ [D] _ [Em] let it hurt so slow
[C]
He said, come on
_ _ _ [G] I'll walk upon your grave as [C] your man's lady
[E] I'd do [G] as much for you
As [C] any maiden may
[G] I'll make you blue the very [B] day that you were born
I'm a bonnie brown girl
[G] I'll walk upon your grave as your [C] man's lady
[G] I'd do as much for you
As [C] any maiden may
[G] I'll make you blue the very [B] day that you were born
I'm a bonnie brown girl _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] I'm a bonnie brown girl
I really [D] forget [Em] and let you go
I really [D] forget and forgive
[G] All that's to [C] me just a little [G] space
[D] That I may be [C] well and _ [G] delivered _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] For twelve months I'll have to _ die
[C] You'll die from the grave
[A] You'll burn your [D] _ _ [Em] heart out for one more [C]
summer's day
_ _ _ _ [G] I'll dance upon your grave for [C] twelve months and a day
I'll do [G] as much for you
As [C] any maiden may
[G] I'll make you blue the very [B] day that you were born
I'm a bonnie brown girl
[G] I'll dance upon your grave [C] for twelve months and [E] a day
I'll [G] do as much for you
As [C] any maiden may
[G] I'll make you blue the very [B] day that you were born
I'm a bonnie brown girl _ _
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